Packing-case for bottles



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

S. G. OURTIGE. PACKING CASE FOR BOTTLES.

No; 410,496. Patented Sept. 3. 1889.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

S. G. GURTICE.

PACKING CASE FOR BOTTLES.

No. 410,496. Patented Sept. 8, 1.889.

' I g J J1" N. PETERS. PlwhrLith qrapher, Wuhmgion, D. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

SIMEON G. CURTICE, OF ROCHESTER, NEIV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE CURTIOE BROTI'IERS COMPANY, OF NE\V YORK.

PACKING-CASE FOR BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 410,496, dated September 3, 1889.

Application filed April 25, 1889 Serial No. 308,583. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SIMEON G. CURTICE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe, in the State of New York, have invented an Improved Packing-Oase for Bottles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to certain improve- IO ments in packing-cases for bottles, which improvem cuts are fully described and illustrated in the following specification and. accompanying drawings, and the novel features thereof specified in the claims annexed to the said I 5 specification.

My improved packing-case for bottles is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a plan view. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3, Fig. 1. Fig. -;i represents one of the partitions removed from the case. Fig. 5 is a sectional view representing the indented edges of the flanges on the partitions.

In the accompanying drawings, A A B B represent the sides of the boX, which is provided with the top and bottom 0 C. The bottles are sustained in the ease and out of contact with each other or with the walls of the case by means of the partitions E I, which are made of straw-board, or other suitable material, perforated to permit the bottles to be inserted in them.

As indicated in the drawings, the bottles 3 5 are arranged in two series, the one D being inserted with the corks down, and the other D inserted with the corks up. This arrangement materially eeonomizes room and enables me to pack an increased number of bottles in a given space.

As indicated in the plan View, the arrangement of the bottles is quincuncial, the bottle in the center of the quincunx being placed with the large end up, while the four outside 5 bottles are placed with the large end down, or Vice versa. This arrangement is repeated with more or less modification, according to the size of the case or of the bottles or the number of bottles which are to be packed in the case.

As indicated in Fig. 4, the partitions are provided with projecting flanges which sus tain them in place relatively to each other and to the top and bottom of the box. Thus the partition E is creased or cut partially through, as indicated at N, Fig. 4:, and the corners are removed, so that the flanges F F H II can be bent upward and downward respectively along the inside of the box. The other partition I is also provided with corre- 6o sponding flanges J J L L, one set of which extends downward to the bottom of the box and the other set upward to meet the flanges II II on the other partition.

In using oblong boxes the flanges which meet are preferably arranged along the longest sides of the cases. In order to prevent the flanges from slipping by each other where they meet, they may be notched or indented, as represented at P R in Fig. 5, the project ing lips 011 one flange passing by those on the other, so that the flanges are prevented from from bending inward or slipping by each other.

In order to sustain the partitions at their centers, a support isintroduced between each of them and the top and bottom of the box. This support may consist of a circle or collar T, surrounding the end of one of the central bottles, or any other suitable arrangement may be adopted for this purpose. The corners cut out from the sheets may be employed for making the support.

Between the ends of the bottles and the top and bottom of the case any suitable pack- 8 5 ing material may be introduced.

It will be observed that in the arrangement represented in the drawings the particular shown case holds twenty-five bottles; but larger or smaller number may be packed in 0 any one case, the same to be determined by the size of the case.

I claiml. The combination, with the packing-case, of the perforated partition E, formed in one 5 piece with the flanges F F II II, and the perforated partition I, formed in one piece with the flanges J J L L, the said partitions being arranged parallel with each other at suitable distances from the top and bottom of the ease, and one set of the flanges extending inward 011 opposite sides of the case un til they meet, and the other set outward to the top and bottom of the case respectively, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with thepacking-case, of the perforated partitions E I, arranged parallel to each other at suitable distances from the top and bottom of the box and having bent flanges extending along opposite sides of the case until they meet, and the centrallydocated supports T, adapted to prevent the partitions from bending outward,

substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the packing-case, of the removable partitions E 1, extending parallel to each other at suit-able distances from the top and bottom of the case, and having perforations adapted to support the bottles in reversed positions, and provided with as described.

SIMEON G. OURTICE.

Witnesses:

GEO. B. SELDEN, C. G. CRANNELL. 

